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A. GROSS.

'sLEu. l APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29.11918.

Patented 00t.14,1919.

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Be .it `known that I, yANDREW Gross, a citizen 0f the' United States,residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleds, of which thefollowing-is a specification. 'f c This invention relates toimprovementsin rsleds and particularlyY totypes having a plurality ofrunnersadapted to glideover the surface of snow or ice. v f i -Theprincipal object ofthe invention is yto provide a sled having a seatupon which the rider may rest,l `the runners being arranged in pairs. atthe front and-rear, the vformer being dirigible and sovconnected withtherear pair that sharp corners may A further object is to provide `meanswhereby the motion of the sled may `be hecked or stoppedjin anlexpeditious man# ner.

v terial on line 5 5 of'Fig. 4.

Y These and other like objects kare attainedV by the novelconstructionand combination of parts hereinafter described and shown inthe accompanyingdrawings, forming a mapart of this specification, and inwhich v Y Figure 1 is a partial side elevational and vertical sectionalview, the section being taken substantially online 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a sled made in accordance with the.invention.'

Fig. 3 is a 'transverse' vertical sectional view taken on line 3.-3 ofFig. 1. Y

Fig. 4 isa similar sectional View taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1, and yFig. 5 is a horizontal sectional Viewk taken Referring tothe severaldrawings in detail, ythe numeral 10 designates the platform orrunning-board, Ypreferably narrowed at the frontA endll, and has atransversev strip` 12, extending from lside to side of the rearV of theplatform on its lower side, secured by screws 13. The rear runners 15areof the usual type having up turned front portions 16 and are formed withraised brackets. 17, the same having atY The fronty 4l'inners 25 arearrang'ed closer together and pr'c'nf'ided with upturned frontjSpecification of Letters Patent.

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portions `26, and simil-arly'vraised brackets 27, their flat tops beingkheld inposition by screws 28 through a web 29 having a Araised hub 30Secured by the screw 81 to a. tubular bushing 32, circumjacent towhichr'is a sleeve33, havinga'flange 34at its lowerend A adapted' tomakecontact with the lower side of the upturned portion of the platform.

Rigidly engaged with lthe upper end of kthe tubular bushing 32.is a hub35y held by the screw 36 and provided with steering of a bicycle.Rigidly engaged with theup` .per endof the web 29 is a bar 40 havingnear y its rearward outer end a longitudinal slot z41, in which isengaged thestemV of a bolt 42, passing through the center,V of atransverse bar 44, ken gaged with the extending end 46 of the upturnedrunner elements 16,

. by means of pins .47,Y in such mannerk that as the connecting bar 40is'turned angularly with respect to the edges of the plat? form` 10,motion is communicated through handles 38, so'that as the same areoperated fr kthe front runners are caused to turn in the same dlrection,in a manner similar to that the transverse bar 44 to the rear runners15, l

causing them to turnl in an opposite direction from theifront runners25. Thus it may be seen that ,the sled canbe steered so as to be movedwithin a circle of relatively small radius.

A hand wheel 5 O'is held by the set screw 51 tothe end of a rodi 52,having screwportion of the front runners 52, between which it is"located, and which maybe raised and lowered byoperating the hand wheel50, and it will be understood that whenV the brake shoe 55 is in araised position the front runners 25 alone makeV f contact with thesurface, but should it ,be desired to abate the momentum of the sled orto stop the same, the hand screw may be so maneuvered as to cause thebrake shoe 55 to move downward firmly` against the surface, causingcessation of motion of the sled. Arranged upon the uppersurface offthe vplatform 10 are a pair of hinges 60 having therebetween another hinge 61with which 110 is engaged an arm' G2 having a part oontaotable, when ina raised position, with the back 63 of a seat (is: hinged to the backing63 and having connected at its front edge, by a hinge 65, a support 6G,the lower edge of which is enga-ged between the raised cleats 68, sothat when the seat is extended for use it is maintained in asubstantially rigid position. Vhen it is desired to fold the seat, so asto permit the rider to stand upon the platform l0, the arm 62 is turnedlaterally, the seat 64 raised, causing the support 66 .to fold closelyupon its lower surfaoe, whereupon the seat 64 is turned downward,closely adj aeent to the back 63, which in turn is folded over the rearend of the platform l0, and when the seat is thus folded the cleats 68make Contact with the shoes of the rider, assisting in supporting thesame in a standing position.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a sled, the Combination with a platform having a narrow front end,and a pair of runners, eaeh independently pivotally engaged to the lowerside of said platform, of a pair of front runners pivoted near thecenter of the front portion of said platform, means for turning saidfront` runners, an arm rigidly engaged with said front runners extendingrearwardly, said arm having a slot, a transverse bar engageable with therear end of said slot, and connections between the ends of saidtransverse bar and said rear runners whereby they are turnedsimultaneously, but oppositely to said front runners. l

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

ANDREW GROSS.

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Y Washington, I). C.

